Whitfield Diffie

19.1k citations

35 papers · 9.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 15

Impact in

Artificial Intelligence top 0.05%
- Cryptography and Data Security
- Cryptographic Implementations and Security
- Coding theory and cryptography
Computer Networks and Communications top 0.2%
- Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
- Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

Papers in

Artificial Intelligence 16
- Cryptographic Implementations and Security 8
- Cryptography and Data Security 6
- Coding theory and cryptography 2
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 9
- Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption 9

Co-authors: Martin E. Hellman Michael J. Wiener Paul C. van Oorschot Susan Landau Steven M. Bellovin Peter G. Neumann Matt Blaze Ross Anderson
Journals: Communications of the ACM (6 papers)IEEE Security & Privacy (3 papers)Scientific American (2 papers)Queue (2 papers)Proceedings of the IEEE (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom South Sudan

In The Last Decade

Whitfield Diffie

32 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Authentication and authenticated key exchanges 1992 · 555 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1992 Designs Codes and Cryptography
1976 IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

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All Works

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1	Bugs in our pockets: the risks of client-side scanning arXiv (Cornell University) ·Harold Abelson, Ross Anderson, Steven M. Bellovin, Josh Benaloh, Matt Blaze, Karina Lúcia de Pinho, Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau, Peter G. Neumann, Ronald L. Rivest, Jeffrey I. Schiller, Bruce Schneier, Vanessa Teague, Carmela Troncoso	2024	3
2	The Challenges of IoT, TLS, and Random Number Generators in the Real World Queue ·James P. Hughes, Whitfield Diffie	2022	3
3	Can It Really Work? Problems with Extending EINSTEIN 3 to Critical Infrastructure SSRN Electronic Journal ·Steven M. Bellovin, S. Bradner, Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau, Jennifer Rexford	2011	6
4	Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption, Updated and Expanded Edition Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau	2010	7
5	Communications Surveillance: Privacy and Security at Risk Queue ·Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau	2009	0
6	Brave New World Of Wiretapping Scientific American ·Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau	2008	3
7	Improving Online Security Scientific American ·Ikha Listyarini, Whitfield Diffie, A. Gereltuya, Chen Lian-kun, J. Landwehr, Majeed Q.A.H., Martin Sadler, 隆吉尾	2008	4
8	Information security: 50 years behind, 50 years ahead Communications of the ACM ·Whitfield Diffie	2008	4
9	Privacy on the Line The MIT Press eBooks ·Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau	2007	29
10	Security Implications of Applying the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act to Voice over IP Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University) ·Steven M. Bellovin, Matt Blaze, Ernest F. Brickell, فرزاد صداقتي, Vinton G. Cerf, Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau, Jon Peterson, J Treichler	2006	13
11	E-commerce and security Whitfield Diffie	1998	4
12	Privacy on the Line The MIT Press eBooks ·Whitfield Diffie, Susan Landau	1998	31
13	The impact of a secret cryptographic standard on encryption, privacy, law, enforcement and technology Springer eBooks ·Whitfield Diffie	1995	4
14	Crypto policy perspectives Communications of the ACM ·Susan Landau, Stephen Kent, فرزاد صداقتي, 柳萍, Dorothy E. Denning, Whitfield Diffie, Zhang Qigang, Douglas A. Miller, Peter G. Neumann, Btsan-po No-mon-han Sprul-sku ʾJam-dpal-chos-kyi-bstan-ʾdzin-ʾphrin-las	1994	8
15	Authentication and authenticated key exchanges Designs Codes and Cryptography ·Whitfield Diffie, Paul C. van Oorschot, Michael J. Wiener Hit paper breakdown →	1992	555
16	The first ten years of public-key cryptography Whitfield Diffie	1988	42
17	Cryptographic technology ACM SIGACT News ·Whitfield Diffie	1982	3
18	Privacy and authentication: An introduction to cryptography Proceedings of the IEEE ·Whitfield Diffie, Martin E. Hellman	1979	245
19	Special Feature Exhaustive Cryptanalysis of the NBS Data Encryption Standard Computer ·Whitfield Diffie, Martin E. Hellman	1977	238
20	New directions in cryptography IEEE Transactions on Information Theory ·Whitfield Diffie, Martin E. Hellman Hit paper breakdown →	1976	7667

About Whitfield Diffie

Whitfield Diffie is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Signal Processing, having authored 35 papers that have together received 9.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption (9 papers), Cryptographic Implementations and Security (8 papers), Cryptography and Data Security (6 papers), Advanced Authentication Protocols Security (6 papers), User Authentication and Security Systems (3 papers), Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (3 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (2 papers) and Coding theory and cryptography (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Artificial Intelligence (6.5k citations), Computer Networks and Communications (4.0k citations), Information Systems (3.6k citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (2.6k citations) and Signal Processing (536 citations). Whitfield Diffie has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Sudan. Frequent co-authors include Martin E. Hellman, Michael J. Wiener, Paul C. van Oorschot, Susan Landau, Steven M. Bellovin, Peter G. Neumann, Matt Blaze, Ross Anderson, Ronald L. Rivest and John F. Gilmore. Their work appears in journals such as Communications of the ACM, IEEE Security & Privacy, Scientific American, Queue and Proceedings of the IEEE.

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